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chemurgy

American

[kem-ur-jee, kuh-mur-] / ˈkɛm ɜr dʒi, kəˈmɜr- /

noun

a division of applied chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic substances, especially substances obtained from farm produce, as soybeans or peanuts.

chemurgy British

/ ˈkɛmɜːdʒɪ /

noun

the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin

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Origin of chemurgy

First recorded in 1930–35; chem- + -urgy

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chemurgy

The term chemurgy didn’t last, but the movement presaged the farm policy of coming decades.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2019

That same decade, an upstart movement called farm chemurgy emerged.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2019

The transformation of agricultural byproducts into industrial resources came to be known as chemurgy, a word coined by an organic chemist with Dow Chemical Co.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2014

So synthetic rubber became still another battleground on which farm "chemurgy" proponents hurled their imprecations at the oil refiners.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is industry that needs chemurgy, not the farmer.

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